Guard-attaching bracket.



F. W. SCHMIDT.

GUARD ATTAUHING BRACKET.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1910. v

Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

www.' Wzf* rnLuMnlA PLANDGRAPH co., WASHINGTON. D. c.

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Specification of Ietters Patent.

Patented Apr. '2, 1912.

Application led September 27, 1910.r Serial No. 584,065.V 1 1 To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRITZ W. SCHMIDT, a citizen of the United States,and resident of New Holstein, in the county of Calumet and State ofWisconsin, have invented cerf tain new` and useful Improvement-s inGuard-Attaching Brackets; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, effective andeconomical hinge connection for pea guard attachments to harvesters, theconstruction and arrangement of the device being such that the guard isfree to oscillate upon apintle carried by ears of the bracket, whichbracket constitutes my invention and is secured to the finger bar of aharvester upon opposite sides o-f the harvester finger attaching bolt,the b olt being nested within ahousing with which the bracket isprovided.

With the above objects in View the invention consists in certainpeculiarities of construction and combination of parts to be fully setforth hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings andsubsequently claimed. a

- In the drawings Figure 1 represents a sectional elevation o-f abracket embodying the features of my invention, the bracket beingillustrated in connection with a finger bar of a harvester with theusual guards in hinge connection with said bracket; Fig.

'2, a sectional plan view of the same as indicated by line 2 2 of Fig.1; Fig. 3, an inverted detail plan view of the bracket detached, saidview showing the pocket or housing which is adapted to it over the guardfinger retaining bolt, and Fig. 4, a detail cross-section as indicatedby line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Referring by characters to th'e drawings, 1 indicates a, portion of afinger bar to which is attached the usual series of guard fiingers 2(only one of which is.' shown) the guard fingers being secured to saidbar by means of a standard bolt and nut connection3. Fitted over the nutand lbolt connection 3 is a bracket 4, which bracket comprises a pair ofapertured ears 5 that are spaced apart and connected by a housing web 6,the web being arranged with a centrally disposed pocket that incases'the guard finger retaining bolt. The bracket is also providedwithrapertured feet 7, which extend from lthe ears 5 and are alsoconnected thereto by ribs 8. These ears are disposed upon opposite sidesof the housing web and are provided to receive retaining bolts 9, whichbolts pass throughsaid ears and apertures in the linger bar,` being heldin place by suitable nuts 10, whereby the bracket is securely held and,as shown by Fig. 4, the said bolts thus straddle the rear end of theguard finger.

Secured between the ears 5 of the brackets is a hubL extension 11 of apea-guard 12, the hub extension being provided with an aperture throughwhich a headed stud 13 is fitted, the stud being also passed through theapertures of said ears and retained by split key 14. The pea-guard thushinged is provided with the usual forwardly disposed slot 15, `intowhich the end of the guard finger extends, said slot `permittingoscillatory movement of the pea-guard incidental to its traveluponuneven ground, whereby the point of the guard is rendered effective inlifting tangled pea vines or fallen grain.

From the foregoing description it will bey seen that by utilizing abracket of this character the pea-guard is held rigidly in a lateraldirection, while at the same time oscillatory movement is had, thebracket being so constructed and arranged that the guard fingerretaining bolt is housed and all parts so formed that the bracket willnot present any sharp corners or obst-ructions into which pea vines orgrain may lodge. Furthermore, by this construction the guard ingers arenot disturbed when the pea-guard is attached to the harvester, e

the finger bar being simply provided with apertures upon opposite sides`of the guard finger for the reception of the bracket retaining bolts.

I claim:

In a harvester having a finger bar, a guard finger fitted to the fingerbar, and a retaining bo-lt for the guard Enger; the combination of abracket comprising vertically disposed parallel apertured ears, ahousing web connecting the ears provided with a pocket for incasing theguard finger retaining bolt, horizontally disposed apertured feetextending from the bracket ears and arranged to straddle the guardfinger bolt, independent bracket retain-ing bolts connecting the feetand finger bar upon opposite sides of its shank portion, an oscillatoryguard having a hub extension pivotally stein in the county of Calumetand State of mounted between the bracket ears, the oscil- Wisconsin inthe presence of two witnesses. latory guard being provided with aforwardly disposed slot adapted to receive the FRITZ W' SCHMIDT point ofthe guard finger. Witnesses:

In testimony that I claim the foregoing JACOB C. SCHMIDT, I havehereunto set my hand at New I-Iol- FREDERICK BULLWINKEL.

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